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Theodore Hall Biography

Theodore HallAge: 74 physicist and alleged atomic spy. After graduating from Harvard at age 18, Hall was hired as a physicist on the Manhattan Project in Los Alamos, N.M., becoming the…

Theodore Sizer Biography

education-reform advocateBorn: June 23, 1932Died: October 21, 2009 (Massachusetts, USA) Best Known as: Education-reform advocate and founder of the Essential Schools Movement…

Theodore Harold Maiman

Theodore Harold Maiman Born: 1927 Birthplace: Los Angeles, Calif. Ruby laser systems—In 1960 Maiman built…

Rousseau, Théodore

(Encyclopedia) Rousseau, ThéodoreRousseau, Théodoretāōdôrˈ [key]Rousseau, Théodore r&oomacr;sōˈ [key], 1812–67, French landscape painter; leader of the Barbizon school. He first received…

Parker, Theodore

(Encyclopedia) Parker, Theodore, 1810–60, American theologian and social reformer, b. Lexington, Mass. He graduated from Harvard Divinity School in 1836 and was pastor (1837–46) of the Spring Street…

The 100 Best Characters in Fiction Since 1900

Book Magazine, now defunct, compiled a panel of 55 authors, literary agents, editors, and actors in 2002 to “rank the top one hundred characters in literature since 1900.”Jay Gatsby, The…

Banville, Théodore de

(Encyclopedia) Banville, Théodore deBanville, Théodore detāōdôrˈ də bäNvēlˈ [key], 1823–91, French poet. He was one of the group known as the Parnassians. His many volumes of verse, including Odes…

de Bary, Wm. Theodore

(Encyclopedia) de Bary, Wm. Theodorede Bary, Wm. Theodoredə [key]de Bary, Wm. Theodorebăˈrē [key], 1919–2017, American scholar of Asian cultures, b. Bronx, N.Y., as William Theodore De Bary (he…

Oyster Bay

(Encyclopedia) Oyster Bay, uninc. area (1990 pop. 6,687) of the Town of Oyster Bay, Nassau co., SE N.Y., on N Long Island, on Long Island Sound; settled 1653. It is chiefly residential. Nearby is…